by Joel Harrison
4. June 2011 18:04
A recently conducted study has revealed that fitting children with contact lenses does not increase the risk of complications in comparison with teenagers.
Scientists from the Ohio State University College of Optometry presented the results of their research at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting, stating that there were no differences concerning success rates after wearing contact lenses for ten years between patients who started using them in childhood and those who started as teenagers.
The study included 175 subjects, aged 17 to 30, wearing contact lenses for a minimum of ten years. 50% of the subjects were fitted at the age of 12 or earlier, the other half – as teenagers. During the study, the patients were asked to provide the researchers with information regarding their levels of comfort, compliance as well as adverse events.
A quarter of the subjects from both groups could wear contact lenses for as long as they wanted; the same percentage of patients from both groups used contact lenses for over 14 hours a day.
According to one of the authors of the study, it confirms that fitting children with contact lenses is safe both in the short and long term.
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